The following are statistics from various sources about deaths and Smoking:
- Death rate is 2-3 times higher than non-smokers
- Estimated to cause 10 million deaths per year worldwide by 2020 (WHO Web Site)
- 1.2 million deaths in Europe (The European Heart Network)
- 45,000 African American deaths each year in America (CBCF Health Organisation, 2004)
- 1.2 million deaths from smoking in Europe (The European Heart Network, 2000)
- 400,000 deaths annually in the US (Mayo Clinic)
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